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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.5
EAN: 9780609602195
ISBN: 0609602195
Label: Clarkson Potter
Manufacturer: Clarkson Potter
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: April 06, 1999
Publisher: Clarkson Potter
Release Date: April 06, 1999
Sales Rank: 702
Studio: Clarkson Potter
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For more than twenty years, Barefoot Contessa, the acclaimed specialty food store, has been cooking and baking extraordinary dishes for enthusiastic customers in the Hamptons. For many of those years, people have tried to get the exuberant owner, Ina Garten, to share the secrets of her store. Finally, the energy and style that make Barefoot Contessa such a special place are shown here, with dozens of recipes and more than 160 breathtaking photographs, in The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook.
Ina's most popular recipes use familiar ingredients, but they taste even better than you would expect. Her Pan-Fried Onion Dip is the real thing, with slowly car-amelized onions and fresh sour cream. Tomato soup is created from oven-roasted tomatoes and fresh basil to intensify the flavors. Meat loaf is as good as your grandmother's, but it's healthier because it's made with ground turkey and fresh herbs. The light and flaky Maple-Oatmeal Scones are baked with rolled oats, whole wheat, and real maple syrup. Now these and other famous Barefoot Contessa recipes can be prepared at home.
Ina says that before she owned a specialty food store she often spent a week making dinner for six friends. Her experience at Barefoot Contessa has given her hundreds of ideas for creating wonderful parties in a few hours. And they're all in this book. Crab Cakes with Rémoulade Sauce can be stored overnight in the refrigerator and sautéed just before the guests arrive. Cheddar Corn Chowder can be made days ahead, reheated, and served with a salad and bread for a delicious autumn lunch. The ingredients for Grilled Salmon Salad can all be prepared ahead and tossed together before serving. The batter for the Raspberry Corn Muffins can be mixed a day before and popped into the oven just before breakfast.
Ina Garten teaches us how to entertain with style, simplicity, and a relaxed sense of fun. There are notes throughout the book for giving cocktail parties, lunches, and dinner parties where everything is done before the guests arrive. And there are easy instructions for creating gorgeous party platters that don't even require you to cook!
With Ina Garten and The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook, you have the perfect recipe for hosting parties that are easy and fun for everyone--including the cook.
Amazon.com Review:
Lauren Bacall gets cranky when Barefoot Contessa, an EastHampton specialty food store/institution for more than 20 years, issold out of Indonesian Ginger Chicken. She can now thank her luckystars that exuberant owner Ina Garten has written The BarefootContessa Cookbook and included this recipe. Ms. Bacall is sure tobe pleased to discover how easy it is to achieve such fantasticflavor. Simplicity is something of a bottom line at BarefootContessa. 'Food is not about impressing people,' Ina Gartensays. 'It's about making them feel comfortable.'
Aimed at the cook who intends to entertain, The Barefoot ContessaCookbook draws on Garten's experience as a caterer, as well as herknowledge of what customers really want to eat when they arrive at hershop. She has culled her favorite recipes and has included timesavingtips, always striving for ease and simplicity. Neither cooking norentertaining should be a chore, according to Ina Garten, and herlovely cookbook is a case in point.
This is an intensely illustrated cookbook that shows the foods to bestadvantage (and makes it a lovely gift book). Presentation counts for agreat deal, and Garten's food styling adds to any food platter. Butjust as relevant are photos that bring in the spirit of fresh, locallygrown produce. There's the local poultry producer proudly holding alaying hen in case anyone should wonder where the eggs come from.
Starting with appetizers, Ina Garten isn't afraid to include suchbasics as hummus and guacamole: she knows from experience that herversions make a profound impact. There are French Onion Soup and CornCheddar Chowder, Baked Virginia Ham and Salmon with Fennel, RoastedCarrots and Caramelized Butternut Squash--and then one killer dessertafter another. Included, too, are some breakfast specialties. Anyupscale bed and breakfast could have this book in the kitchen and getrid of all others.
This isn't a cookbook about getting outrageous with food. TheBarefoot Contessa Cookbook is about warming the hearts and soulsof your guests with familiar food raised to a gourmetlevel. --Schuyler Ingle
Customer Reviews Average Rating: 
Rating:  - love this book
Saw Ina Garten on T.V. recently and was really impressed so I ordered this book and was not disappointed.Very good recipes and pictures - I would have no hesitation recommending this book.
Rating: - Great Food in No Time at All!
I have recently become a fan of The Barefoot Contessa (Ina Garten) and wanted to own one of her lavishly illustrated coffee table cookbooks. I checked them all out of my local library and settled on this, her first book--not because it is better, but because it contains more of the recipes I am interested in. The photos are lovely, directions easy to follow and taste is superb, plus they are not time consuming to prepare.
I highly recommend this book for anyone who just wants a better ... Read More
Rating: - great delivery
No sooner did I place this order, I was making wonderful food. The price could not be better and the service was prompt. I still can't believe the products are by far the most cost efficient.
Rating: - Awesome Cookbook
This is one of the best cookbooks I have ever purchased.The recipies are easy to follow and the results are great.
Rating: - Cook for ME!
Have always enjoyed her show as she is the kind of person to spend the day with just talking and relaxing and enjoying good food and wine. Her ideas and style are unmatched and she has many great recipes.
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